PIERS' PEERS: Kudos to the CNN bookers for front-loading the first week of Piers Morgan Tonight with top-shelf guests like Oprah Winfrey, Howard Stern and — the newsiest get, thanks to his controversial Golden Globe performance which I reviewed here — Ricky Gervais, which was easily the highlight of Morgan's first week.

The newsiest tidbit, which was picked up by my friend and former Fortune colleague Justin Fox on his excellent blog, The Curious Capitalist, came during this exchange about CNBC loud mouth (and Harvard grad) Jim Cramer.